Thematic Bible
Proverbs 28:1 (show verse)
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
Proverbs 28:2 (show verse)
By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.
Proverbs 28:3 (show verse)
A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Proverbs 28:4 (show verse)
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
Proverbs 28:5 (show verse)
Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
Proverbs 28:6 (show verse)
Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
Proverbs 28:7 (show verse)
Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
Proverbs 28:8 (show verse)
Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
Proverbs 28:9 (show verse)
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:10 (show verse)
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Proverbs 28:11 (show verse)
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
Proverbs 28:12 (show verse)
In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
Proverbs 28:13 (show verse)
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
Proverbs 28:14 (show verse)
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
Proverbs 28:15 (show verse)
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Proverbs 28:16 (show verse)
A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
Proverbs 28:17 (show verse)
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
Proverbs 28:18 (show verse)
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
Proverbs 28:19 (show verse)
Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.
Proverbs 28:20 (show verse)
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
Proverbs 28:21 (show verse)
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
Proverbs 28:22 (show verse)
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Proverbs 28:23 (show verse)
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:24 (show verse)
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
Proverbs 28:25 (show verse)
Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
Proverbs 28:26 (show verse)
Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
Proverbs 28:27 (show verse)
Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
Proverbs 28:28 (show verse)
In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!